With oars alone they would leave the Dragon behind, but with sails and oars we should overhaul them in a wind.

I wish it had been otherwise, for if, when they reach the mouth of the river, there is no wind, they may give the Dragon the slip.

Ah!" he exclaimed, "there is Freda." As he spoke a tall maiden came out from the small hut.

The distance was too great for Edmund to distinguish her features, but he doubted not from the style of her garments that it was Siegbert's daughter.

There were other women moving about the camp, for the Danes were generally accompanied by their wives on their expeditions; but there was something in the carriage and mien of the figure at the door of the hut which distinguished it from the rest.